Meanings
- The Americas and Oceania.
In the 16th century, a "creole" was a person of European ancestry born in the New World.
2 more examples
The Terraqueous Globe comprehending Sea and Land, Rivers and Lakes, ſtands divided by modern Geographers into two Semi-Orbs, viz. the Old, and New World.
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 3In Europe not long after Columbus reached the New World, the news spread of a country where humans lived without heads and where women went to war with strange poisoned arrows that were blown from pipes.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 536Antonyms: Old World
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of the New World.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Americas and Oceania.
Translations
Arabic الْعَالَم الْجَدِيد
- الْعَالَم الْجَدِيد (al-ʕālam al-jadīd)the Americas and Oceania
Bengali নয়া জাহান
- নয়া জাহান (noẏa jahan)the Americas and Oceania
Bulgarian Нов свят
- Нов свят (Nov svjat)the Americas and Oceania
Catalan Nou Món
- Nou Mónthe Americas and Oceania
Chinese Mandarin 新大陸 /新大陆, 新世界
- 新大陸 /新大陆 (Xīn Dàlù)the Americas and Oceania
- 新世界 (Xīn Shìjiè)the Americas and Oceania
- 美洲大陸 /美洲大陆 (Měizhōu dàlù)the Americas and Oceania
Czech Nový svět
- Nový světthe Americas and Oceania
Danish Den Nye Verden
- Den Nye Verdenthe Americas and Oceania
Dutch Nieuwe Wereld
- Nieuwe Wereldthe Americas and Oceania
Esperanto Nova Mondo
- Nova Mondothe Americas and Oceania
Estonian Uus Maailm
- Uus Maailmthe Americas and Oceania
Finnish Uusi Maailma
- Uusi Maailmathe Americas and Oceania
French Nouveau Monde
- Nouveau Mondethe Americas and Oceania
German Neue Welt
- Neue Weltthe Americas and Oceania
Greek Νέος Κόσμος
- Νέος Κόσμος (Néos Kósmos)the Americas and Oceania
Hindi नवजगत
- नवजगत (navjagat)the Americas and Oceania
Hungarian Újvilág
- Újvilágthe Americas and Oceania
Icelandic Nýi heimurinn
- Nýi heimurinnthe Americas and Oceania
Indonesian Dunia Baru
- Dunia Baruthe Americas and Oceania
Irish An tOileán Úr
- An tOileán Úrthe Americas and Oceania
Italian Nuovo Mondo
- Nuovo Mondothe Americas and Oceania
Japanese 新世界, 新大陸
- 新世界 (Shinsekai)the Americas and Oceania
- 新大陸 (Shintairiku)the Americas and Oceania
Korean 새로운 세계, 신세계
- 새로운 세계 (Saeroun segye)the Americas and Oceania
- 신세계 (Sinsegye)the Americas and Oceania
- 신대륙 (Sindaeryuk)the Americas and Oceania
Latin novus orbis
- novus orbisthe Americas and Oceania
Latvian Jaunā pasaule
- Jaunā pasaulethe Americas and Oceania
Lithuanian Naujasis pasaulis
- Naujasis pasaulisthe Americas and Oceania
Malay Dunia Baru
- Dunia Baruthe Americas and Oceania
Norwegian Bokmål den nye verden
- den nye verdenthe Americas and Oceania
Polish Nowy Świat
- Nowy Światthe Americas and Oceania
Portuguese Novo Mundo
- Novo Mundothe Americas and Oceania
Romanian Lumea Nouă
- Lumea Nouăthe Americas and Oceania
Russian Но́вый Свет
- Но́вый Свет (Nóvyj Svet)the Americas and Oceania
Scottish Gaelic an Domhan Ùr
- an Domhan Ùrthe Americas and Oceania
Slovak Nový svet
- Nový svetthe Americas and Oceania
Spanish Nuevo Mundo
- Nuevo Mundothe Americas and Oceania
Swahili Dunia Mpya
- Dunia Mpyathe Americas and Oceania
Swedish nya världen
- nya världenthe Americas and Oceania
Tagalog Bagong Daigdig
- Bagong Daigdigthe Americas and Oceania
Thai โลกใหม่
- โลกใหม่ (lôok-mài)the Americas and Oceania
Turkish Yeni Dünya
- Yeni Dünyathe Americas and Oceania
Ukrainian Нови́й Світ
- Нови́й Світ (Novýj Svit)the Americas and Oceania
Urdu جَدِیدِ دُنِیا
- جَدِیدِ دُنِیا (jadīd-i duniyā)the Americas and Oceania
Vietnamese thế giới mới, Tân Thế giới
- thế giới mớithe Americas and Oceania
- Tân Thế giớithe Americas and Oceania
Welsh Byd Newydd
- Byd Newyddthe Americas and Oceania
Cite this entry
New World. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World
“New World.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New World,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World.
Source: New World on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.